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Maru Kitteh

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24. I'll admit it. I did not. They gutted the agencies to instill fear and compliance

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Wed Jan 14, 2026, 09:10 PM

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Engendering obedience and accelerating complicity.

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When TSF "took office", did you think it would get this bad this fast? (Poll) [View all] orangecrush 14 hrs ago OP

I thought all this cr*p would happen during term 1 C_U_L8R 14 hrs ago #1

Like the civil war. orangecrush 14 hrs ago #3

Yes after I saw what total ass lickers the pubicans had become for monster 45. IA8IT 14 hrs ago #2

I thought that he would repeat actions of his first term BlueWaveNeverEnd 14 hrs ago #4

I believed in the separation of powers, and honestly thought Congress and the Courts could rein him in. sop 14 hrs ago #5

Same here orangecrush 13 hrs ago #15

Nope, when we also lost the Legislative branch to the GOP haele 12 hrs ago #26

I didn't expect instutitions like universities, large companies and media and news organizations to be so fucking In It to Win It 11 hrs ago #31

I think part of the resistance in term one ITAL 10 hrs ago #39

I didn't think it would be this bad in as many different ways. muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #6

Knew it was gonna be bad, but damn, it's been absolutely horrible so far. a kennedy 14 hrs ago #7

The lack of imagination of so many has been unreal to watch NewHendoLib 13 hrs ago #8

Where were the predictions of masked ICE thugs? Of people being deported to prisons in other highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #32

extrapolation of acts from a malignant narcissistic lunatic. Sadly, none of this surprises me - NewHendoLib 11 hrs ago #33

But no one here actually predicted it getting this bad. highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #34

I didn't ponder all the specifics, but expected it to be bloody hell NewHendoLib 11 hrs ago #35

We all hated Trump and expected it to be bloody hell. Without specifics, though, I don't know how we can compare highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #48

I don't understand your need for specifics. NewHendoLib 8 hrs ago #54

See my reply 50. highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #55

I did. Efilroft Sul 10 hrs ago #38

There's nothing in your prediction there about violent masked federal agents, or people they capture being highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #41

Did I have to explicitly spell out ICE? Efilroft Sul 10 hrs ago #46

We all expected ICE to be a problem. All of us. We didn't expect masked thugs doing what they're highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #49

Just did not think it would this bad this fast dhol82 13 hrs ago #9

That makes two of us orangecrush 12 hrs ago #18

Yes, his age Starbeach 13 hrs ago #10

I'm surprised anyone could be surprised. He learned to get Tadpole Raisin 13 hrs ago #11

Some ways worse, some things not as bad as I expected AZProgressive 13 hrs ago #12

It's spiraling out of control, and getting crazier by the minute. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 13 hrs ago #13

I thought it would mvd 13 hrs ago #14

Yes! I was in meltdown in June 2024 when he won the R Nomination Bread and Circuses 13 hrs ago #16

Good foresight orangecrush 12 hrs ago #17

It's actually edhopper 12 hrs ago #19

Same FHRRK 12 hrs ago #20

No not this fast kwolf68 12 hrs ago #21

When I saw what Elon did the first month yes. Tree Lady 12 hrs ago #22

I thought it would be more of a repeat of the first term. Trump 2.0 is much worse In It to Win It 12 hrs ago #23

I'll admit it. I did not. They gutted the agencies to instill fear and compliance Maru Kitteh 12 hrs ago #24

I recommended people read "It Can't Happen Here" Arthur_Frain 12 hrs ago #25

Yea he has been planning this for the 4 years he was out of office in his floridah mar a Lago white power house. kimbutgar 12 hrs ago #27

Honestly I thought this was what 2017 would be like unblock 12 hrs ago #28

I don't recall anyone here predicting masked thugs employed by the government behaving like ICE. Or the highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #29

I think, frankly, that after seeing markodochartaigh 8 hrs ago #52

ICE's behavior has been worse. And no one expected highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #57

Yes, I actually read Project 2025. BlueTsunami2018 11 hrs ago #30

I did not jmowreader 10 hrs ago #36

i did not Takket 10 hrs ago #37

Oh I thought it would get this bad faster. Initech 10 hrs ago #40

FDT orangecrush 10 hrs ago #43

You said both that you "thought it would get this bad faster" and "it's way worse" than you could have imagined. highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #44

OK let me clarify. Initech 10 hrs ago #47

OK. That sort of agrees with something I mentioned in a reply above. We all expected it to get bad highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #50

Interesting premise. Thanks. NewHendoLib 8 hrs ago #56

This message was self-deleted by its author Initech 10 hrs ago #42

Said it would repeatedly Cosmocat 10 hrs ago #45

I thought he would overplay his hand. GoodRaisin 9 hrs ago #51

Yes. In fact, I'm surprised it's not worse. mucholderthandirt 8 hrs ago #53

Wasn't the first term bad enough? hamsterjill 2 hrs ago #58

Did anyone think he would tear down the entire East Wing of the White House in the dark of night? sop 1 hr ago #59

We told all y'all JustAnotherGen 44 min ago #60